Dear friends,I am a mechanical Engineering student. I am researchingabout the " History of NDT in Iran ". Considering that before revolution in Iran - 1979 - just foreign companieshad been involved in this field and actually they have leftIran after revolution. Therefore NDT History is just traceablefrom 1980 in Iran.I really appreciate if any Co. or Inspector can help me through any information that they have from the years before1979.With regards,Farshad Mobasher-Fard

This may not help you much but I can tell you that in 1979 I was an NDT instructor for the USAF at Chanute AFB in Illinois and we had a number of students from Iran. Perhaps, you can somehow find one of them. Perhaps many of the native NDT technicians got their training through the military.

Good Luck.

Bill Blum

: Dear friends,: I am a mechanical Engineering student. I am researching: about the " History of NDT in Iran ". Considering that : before revolution in Iran - 1979 - just foreign companies: had been involved in this field and actually they have left: Iran after revolution. Therefore NDT History is just traceable: from 1980 in Iran.: I really appreciate if any Co. or Inspector can help me : through any information that they have from the years before: 1979.: With regards,Farshad Mobasher-Fard: .

Re: NDT history in Iran? : Dear friends,: I am a mechanical Engineering student. I am researching: about the " History of NDT in Iran ". Considering that : before revolution in Iran - 1979 - just foreign companies: had been involved in this field and actually they have left: Iran after revolution. Therefore NDT History is just traceable: from 1980 in Iran.: I really appreciate if any Co. or Inspector can help me : through any information that they have from the years before: 1979.: With regards,Farshad Mobasher-Fard: .I worked in Iran as a Welding Inspector in 1976-1977, for a company called Taqcco. They were an Iranian consulting company operating out of Terhan and I believe they had their own NDT personnel.The job I was on was building Desalting plants in Ahwaz, it was a joint venture with Foster Wheeler.The majority of NDT performed was Radiography using an Isotope as the radiation source. I do remember the equipment was quite primative and had the potential to give the operator large doses of radiation.